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Senate to vote on 4 gun control measures

Senate to vote on 4 gun control measures

The Senate plans to take four procedural votes Monday on amendments that would improve or expand background checks and make it harder for suspected terrorists to purchase guns. None is expected to get the 60 votes required for further action.

Democrats were expected to block two Republican amendments, arguing that they fall short in controlling the sales of guns. Republicans were expected to block two Democratic amendments, contending that they threaten the constitutional rights of gun owners.

– Amendment by Democratic Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut that would require background checks for all gun sales and improve information in the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.

– Amendment by Judiciary Committee Chairman Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, that would boost funds for the National Instant Criminal Background Check System and ensure that the correct records are uploaded into the system in a timely manner. Would also clarify language surrounding mental health issues that would disqualify someone from buying a gun.

– Amendment by Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California that would let the government bar sales of guns and explosives to people it suspects of being terrorists. Feinstein offered a similar amendment in December, a day after an extremist couple killed 14 people in San Bernardino, California, but the Republican-run Senate rejected the proposal on a near party-line vote.

The Justice Department has endorsed the legislation, saying it gives the department “an important additional tool to prevent the sale of guns to suspected terrorists by licensed firearms dealers while ensuring protection of the department’s operational and investigative sensitivities.”

– Amendment by Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas that would allow the government to delay a gun sale to a suspected terrorist for 72 hours, but require prosecutors to go to court to show probable cause to block the sale permanently. The National Rifle Association backs the legislation, which the Senate also rejected in December.

The NRA said in a statement that “if an investigation uncovers evidence of terrorist activity or involvement, the government should be allowed to immediately go to court, block the sale, and arrest the terrorist. At the same time, due process protections should be put in place that allow law-abiding Americans who are wrongly put on a watchlist to be removed.”

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Feinstein believes all conservatives should be put on terrorist watch list because they don’t go along with her liberal Bull Stuff. So in her fantasy gun sales would stop immediately because we all know hypocrites, oh excuse me, “Liberals” don’t buy guns.

There is NOTHING that can be done to keep firearms out of the hands of terrorists. No new laws, or security measures will do it. The ONLY way to stop terrorists is to ban anyone who proclaims islam as their religion from residing in the United States, or coming into the United States from a foreign country. The pseudo religion of islam is the enemy. If we refuse to acknowledge this, and refuse to take every necessary action to eradicate this scourge from the Earth, we will see their barbarity continue.

I believe they are all brain dead; NO GUN has killed anyone, guns can’t shoot themselves don’t have a trigger finger. Someone a person has to pull the trigger.
No matter how many amendments/Laws, they put in will never stop terrorists from having guns, and they will USE them.

It’s time to put the lot of them out to pasture, they think they are above everyone and will do what they want. That is why the people of this once great Country are SOOOOOOOOOOO tired of all the lies coming from their mouth.
Impeach Obama the Blowhard, Loretta Lynch, and all the rest in the justice department, throw all the bums OUT.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I agree. Oust EVERYONE currently in office and start with a new slate of people.. Limited to 2 terms at MOST in any one spot (house, senate, white house, State level, County level) up to 20 years at the maximum they can serve in Government..

Not one of these democrat dreams would do anything to make any American Citizen safer. These proposals are in-fact unconstitutional and completely against the basic tenants of our legal system and they know it. Not one of them have due process or the right of redress addressed. This is an secret enemies list with no way for the American Citizen to know why they are on it or to challenge the reason to get off the list. This is totally wrong.